Basin
Leilani liu
Yushan Zhai
Sunny Li
Lily She
10/2024
9*11.5 in
85p
A lucid dream, an unintentional utopia...
Basin is a printed magazine that explores the poetic, mythical, and deeply personal experience of bathing. Blurring the lines between dreamscape and ritual, Basin is not just about water—it’s about what happens to the human spirit when immersed in it.
In this world, bathing is a portal. It is a return to origin, a slow ritual of letting go. As skin meets water, time stretches and thought becomes fluid. Basin captures that moment of transition—when the external world fades and a quiet, inner realm begins to surface.
The magazine is a spiritual and sensory exploration, weaving together genres including short stories, prose, essays, and poems. Each piece is chosen or created to reflect the soft, steamy, and sometimes surreal feeling of being submerged—physically, emotionally, or mythically. Whether you’re reading a dreamlike narrative or a personal essay on ritual, the tone stays immersive, slow, and reflective.
Design-wise, Basin embraces an organic and flowing layout system. Typography ebbs and shifts like ripples. Images are soft, grainy, and translucent, often layered like memories. The color palette evokes warmth, mist, and skin—natural and comforting. The pacing of the pages mimics the rhythm of water: some calm and open, others more dense and still.
This magazine is meant to be held during quiet moments—whether in the bath itself or just in the mood of one. It’s an offering to those who seek softness, introspection, and a little surreal escape from the noise of everyday life.
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